<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_fon-2018-0007_s_006_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>The aim of this study was to explore whether positive emotion mediates the relationship between job burnout and turnover intentions among Chinese nurses.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0007_s_007_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the present study. Full-time registered nurses (n = 150) from Grade A hospitals in Tianjin were surveyed. Pearson correlation, hierarchical regression analyses, and the Sobel test were used in the study.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0007_s_008_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>The results illustrated that positive emotion mediated the relationship between burnout and nurses’ turnover intention.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0007_s_009_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Nursing administrators should pay more attention to the benefits of positive emotions on working motivation. It is helpful to relieve burnout in the working process so that nurses are willing to remain in their current employment.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore whether positive emotion mediates the relationship between job burnout and turnover intentions among Chinese nurses.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in the present study. Full-time registered nurses (n = 150) from Grade A hospitals in Tianjin were surveyed. Pearson correlation, hierarchical regression analyses, and the Sobel test were used in the study.ResultsThe results illustrated that positive emotion mediated the relationship between burnout and nurses’ turnover intention.ConclusionsNursing administrators should pay more attention to the benefits of positive emotions on working motivation. It is helpful to relieve burnout in the working process so that nurses are willing to remain in their current employment.

Job burnout and turnover intention among nurses in China: the mediating effects of positive emotion

Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore whether positive emotion mediates the relationship between job burnout and turnover intentions among Chinese...

Variables	Number of participants	%
Gender
Female	147	98.0
Male	3	2.0
Marital status
Married	61	40.7
Single	89	59.3
Age group (in years)
20–25	123	82.0
26–30	23	15.3
31–35	4	2.7
Education
Technical secondary school	9	6.0
Junior college	76	50.7
Bachelor	65	43.3

	Step 1: turnover intentions			Step 2: positive emotion			Step 3: turnover intentions
Variables
	B-value	SE	β-value	B-value	SE	β-value	B-value	SE	β-value
Gender	–0.121	0.135	–0.027	0.529	0.812	0.031	–0.067	0.108	–0.015
Age	0.030	0.010	0.108 P < 0.01;	–0.049	0.058	–0.045	0.025	0.008	0.091 P < 0.01;
Marital status	–0.043	0.043	–0.035	0.210	0.259	0.043	–0.022	0.035	–0.018
Education	0.053	0.033	0.051	–0.180	0.197	–0.045	0.035	0.026	0.034
Burnout	0.085	0.003	0.926 P < 0.01;	–0.295	0.017	–0.829 P < 0.01;	0.055	0.004	0.602 P < 0.01;
Positive emotion	—	—	—	—	—	—	–0.100	0.011	–0.391 P < 0.01;
R²–value		0.868			0.688			0.916
F–value		189.948 P < 0.01;			63.384 P < 0.01;			260.429 P < 0.01;

	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Burnout	67.17	6.74	1	–	–	–	–	–
2. Exhaustion	19.21	1.62	0.045	1	–	–	–	–
3. Cynicism	15.71	1.70	0.030	0.124	1	–	–	–
4. Professional efficacy	24.93	1.89	–0.125	–0.016	–0.163 P < 0.05;	1	–	–
5. Positive emotion	15.35	2.40	–0.826 P < 0.01.	–0.013	–0.010	0.084	1	–
6. Turnover intention	16.29	0.62	0.926 P < 0.01.	0.001	0.047	–0.080	–0.893 P < 0.01.	1

Job burnout and turnover intention among nurses in China: the mediating effects of positive emotion

Article Category: Original article

Publicado en línea: 26 mar 2018

Páginas: 43 - 47

Recibido: 18 sept 2017

Aceptado: 14 oct 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0007

Palabras clave
positive emotion, burnout, turnover intentions

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Demographic characteristics of the participants

Mediating effects of positive emotion on burnout and nurses’ turnover intentions

Pearson’s correlation test of relationships among burnout, positive emotions, and turnover intentions of nurses

Job burnout and turnover intention among nurses in China: the mediating effects of positive emotion

Article Category: Original article

Publicado en línea: 26 mar 2018

Páginas: 43 - 47

Recibido: 18 sept 2017

Aceptado: 14 oct 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0007

Palabras clavepositive emotion, burnout, turnover intentions

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Demographic characteristics of the participants

Mediating effects of positive emotion on burnout and nurses’ turnover intentions

Pearson’s correlation test of relationships among burnout, positive emotions, and turnover intentions of nurses

Palabras clave
positive emotion, burnout, turnover intentions